Brendan Hoban has forwarded the following:
While I wouldn’t rush to justify my throw-away comment on Pope Benedict, and Joe O’Leary’s list of evidence to the contrary is impressive there are nu
I'm sure the best way to give the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith something to really worry about would be a 'Reductio ad Rebibam', or 'ad absurdum' if you prefer. Every Pope, Cardinal and
As I see it the problem is that the ultra Conservatives see the unity of the church as doctrinal immobility, instead of reaching out to call others into a communion of faith and love.
Thanks for that reminder that we are God's work of art. He is the Potter we are the clay willing to be fashioned into whatever form God Wills.
And a happy feast day on the day of st. Augustine your or
The Detroit priest who did backflips over this had a video of his own baptism to refer to - so what are the rest of us to do?
Stop making video or audio recordings of sacraments, probably - just in
In this way of thinking the words of Baptism and the other Sacraments are like a magical formula intended to have a magical effect on the person receiving them--- a bit like the incantation of a witch
And we, poor, simple souls, are expected to know that, most of the time, the priest uses the pronoun "I" to mean "I, Father X" and during the Sacrament of Baptism, "I" means "I, Christ"? Surely, if th
Mary, it may be tempting to see Fr Hood's predicament as 'philology dressed up as ontology' etc, but better go to the CDF sources first before appealing to the stray thoughts of the few who tune in to
“What many still do not realize is that making women truly equal in the church is about more than ordaining women. It's about acknowledging that people of all genders are equal in the eyes of God, a
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Brendan Hoban’s Western People article 18th August – The Church must breathe in a modern society
August 24 2020Brendan Hoban has forwarded the following: While I wouldn’t rush to justify my throw-away comment on Pope Benedict, and Joe O’Leary’s list of evidence to the contrary is impressive there are nu
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020I'm sure the best way to give the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith something to really worry about would be a 'Reductio ad Rebibam', or 'ad absurdum' if you prefer. Every Pope, Cardinal and
Critics of Pope dividing the Church
August 14 2020As I see it the problem is that the ultra Conservatives see the unity of the church as doctrinal immobility, instead of reaching out to call others into a communion of faith and love.
Seamus Ahearne in one of his regular columns – George Bernard Shaw, Covid, Messi, Dara Calleary, Augustine and of course the Heron and Indi…
August 27 2020Thanks for that reminder that we are God's work of art. He is the Potter we are the clay willing to be fashioned into whatever form God Wills. And a happy feast day on the day of st. Augustine your or
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020The Detroit priest who did backflips over this had a video of his own baptism to refer to - so what are the rest of us to do? Stop making video or audio recordings of sacraments, probably - just in
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020In this way of thinking the words of Baptism and the other Sacraments are like a magical formula intended to have a magical effect on the person receiving them--- a bit like the incantation of a witch
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020And we, poor, simple souls, are expected to know that, most of the time, the priest uses the pronoun "I" to mean "I, Father X" and during the Sacrament of Baptism, "I" means "I, Christ"? Surely, if th
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Insane
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Mary, it may be tempting to see Fr Hood's predicament as 'philology dressed up as ontology' etc, but better go to the CDF sources first before appealing to the stray thoughts of the few who tune in to
Catholic Women Still Don’t Have Suffrage in Their Church – NCR
August 25 2020“What many still do not realize is that making women truly equal in the church is about more than ordaining women. It's about acknowledging that people of all genders are equal in the eyes of God, a
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